Williamson County, Tennessee
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Thompson's Station, TN
A normal year in Thompson's Station brings about 56 inches of rain; on roughly 16 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.7 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.1. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 34,700 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00408953, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Thompson's Station falls near the middle of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (15.9 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (half built by 2013). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (November 1).
When to clean gutters in Thompson's Station
The first fall frost comes around November 1 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 3 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Thompson's Station rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Thompson's Station the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.34 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 980 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,960, by the rule in the Copper Development Association’s design handbook. Try your own roof in the gutter and downspout calculator, which starts from this figure.
The houses in Thompson's Station
Half the homes in Thompson's Station were built by 2013, 13% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
78% of households own their home, and 68% of homes are detached houses, 17% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Tennessee
Tennessee requires a home improvement license for residential projects from $3,000 to $24,999 only in the counties that adopted the law: Bradley, Davidson, Hamilton, Haywood, Knox, Marion, Robertson, Rutherford and Shelby. From $25,000 a contractor license is required statewide. In those nine counties, ask for the home improvement license number on any job of $3,000 or more and check it.
Source: Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors, Home Improvement. Look-up: Tennessee license verification.
Gutter work in Thompson's Station
With 15.9 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: